Date:         Sat, 1 Mar 2014 06:38:56 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Someone on the list prank calling me?
Comments: To: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <YEGi1n00X08X5Fr01EGsZE>
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The SA vans have the steering wheel on the wrong side and did not come
in automatic AFAIK.

Mark


kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> I got a crazy call yesterday from this guy in Maine.  He starts telling me
> that he wants to do an engine conversion on his Vanagon.  I get calls like
> this all the time so nothing new here.  However then he starts telling me
> about his van which is a 1999 Transporter from South Africa with a 5
> cylinder engine and Automatic Transmission!  He wanted to replace the
> "unreliable" 5 cylinder with an ABA 4 cylinder and the automatic
> transmission with a manual.
>
> I stopped him.  If this is truly a SA Vanagon (Transporter) then it is the
> only one I have ever heard of in the US.